Substitute teacher kicks 7-year-old in head

8:36 PM,
Feb. 5, 2013

Written by

Jami Kinton
CentralOhio.com

An experienced substitute teacher said she regrets kicking a 7-year-old Sherman Elementary student in the head last month.

"I was wrong," said Erika Polk, 46, of Mansfield. "He didn't provoke me. You just have some students who are just contrary, no matter what you say to them. They're going to be smart and just be contrary."

On Jan. 22, Tina Hoke, the mother of the second-grader, said her son came home upset. ...